California
SAVING GRAVES
Endangered Cemetery Report
CROWS LANDING CEMETERY
Stanislaus County, California
Historical Brief:
(Under development.)
REPORT
Cemetery: Crows Landing
"Unknown"
Other: Ike Crow Road/Bell
Road/Bonita Road???
Sign: No
Street: Bonita Road, Ike
Crow & Bell Road Nasa Facility
City: Crows
Landing, Ca.
Township: Crows Landing
County: Stanislaus County
State: California
Nation: USA
Zip:
95313
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size:
Small
Directions: Ike Crow Road to Crows Landing Nasa/Naval
Flight Facility
Type:
Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: Yes
Features: trees, tar roads,
agriculture area
Property: Private
Access:
Permission-required
Enclosure: Natural
Gate:
None
Established: 1800
Gravestones: 25?
Oldest: Dec/Jan
1878/1879
Newest: Dec/Jan 1878/1879
Removed: Yes
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: Unsure
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Unsure
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Availability: The Stanislaus News Dec. 27, 1878
Charles Bookout Murder
Landscaping: Unsure
Paths:
Unsure
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: Yes
Buildings: Yes
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns:
Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery in danger of
destruction
Unmarked: No
Broken: No
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: No
Buried: Unsure
Weather: Yes
Pollution: Unknown
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1: Encroachment
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Goverment
Use:
Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason: Industrial
Visited:
Unknown
Archeology: No
Habitat: Yes
Contacted: Mike Sonke, Stanislaus County
Enviromental Serices
Name:
Judy Vickery
Email:
FARMIN2GETHERjNj@AOL.COM
Date:
May 16, 2004
Surnames:
Charles Benjamin Bookout, Ellen O'Connell Bird, Joseph Bird (son of Ellen)
Other_Information:
This old pioneer cemetery is located on what is now the closed: Nasa Flight
Facilty/Naval Base in the Town of Crows Landing, Ca. In which is suppose
to
be transferred to Stanislaus County to make an Industrial Park or Commodity
Airport of.
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